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German Shepherd Dog Rescue of Utah works to place loving German Shepherds into permanent homes. These dogs come from a variety of backgrounds, and are carefully screened to check for health and temperament concerns. All dogs placed are wormed, immunized, and spayed or castrated unless their health prevents such surgery. GSD Rescue of Utah serves the intermountain west, accepting and placing dogs in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada.

Adopting an older dog can be a very rewarding experience. Many of our rescues are older dogs that just want a loving home and someone to adore. Please consider making the next addition to your home a deserving senior GSD.

Dogs Currently Available for Adoption

This page is updated weekly so please check back often!
Last updated 4/2/07.

You'll find our adoption application near the bottom of this page.

For information on any dogs listed on this page, please contact Nancy at utgsdrescue@gmail.com, 435-764-7377. (Email is the preferred method of contact.) Nancy works full time, so it may take a couple of days to return your call.

Note: All pets adopted from GSD Rescue of Utah, Inc. qualify for a free 1 month Sheltercare Insurance Plan offered in partnership with Petfinder. Visit http://www.sheltercare.com/ for more details. If you are enrolling a pet you adopted from GSD Rescue, choose "German Shepherd Dog Rescue of Utah as the shelter.

Please consider donating to help fund our Medical Fund. We have had several dogs with extremely high medical bills, so any donations that could be made to help defray the expenses we incurred would be much appreciated. Please send your donation to the address listed below (in the contact section) or use our PayPal donation link. The dogs thank you!

Maggie - Adopted! - 2 year old female, black and tan coloring. While Maggie was being fostered she was involved in a car accident and was thrown from the car she was travelling in. The accident caused several muscles and tendons in her neck to be torn, diplaced several vertebrae, and caused a number of other injuries. She has begun to heal from those injuries and her foster mom has adopted her and continues to work with her to heal from the devastating injuries. She could still benefit from your donations to pay for the over $1200 in medical bills that resulted from the accident (that was just for the emergency care in the first 3-4 days following the accident.)

Please consider donating to our medical fund to assist with the medical needs of our orphaned dogs. Your generous contributions would be very much appreciated!

Our Available Pets!

New intake dogs, more info and pictures will be available soon

These dogs are not with GSD Rescue, please contact the listed person or organization for more information on these dogs.

South Salt Lake often has GSDs listed: shepherds or shepherd mixes

Grantsville: http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=UT93&preview=1.

Cedar City animal control: http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=UT32&preview=1.

Lost Paws has three german shepherds right now, please check their petfinder listing! http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/UT43.html

Best Friends on Tour: http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=UT81&preview=1.

Four Paws rescue has a young male named Bridger, looks to be a sable shepherd: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2090296

Pet Samaritan Fund in SLC has a very GSD looking boy named Titan, looks like a long haired GSD in his pictures: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=4271462

Katz is a shepherd mix who looks like a black GSD: http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=5007720&adTarget=&SessionID=4373a38c304d5689-app2&display=&preview=1&row=75&tmpl=&stat=.

Also, check out Wasatch Humane's listings, they often have GSDs or GSD mixes. http://www.wasatchhumane.org.

Right now they have Pantera, a beautiful female WHITE GSD. Pantera.

GSDs or GSD mixes at Best Friends (call THEM, not me) include:

Chewie
Kaya
Jiminy
Gavin (White)
Pax

Previously Adopted dogs See pictures of dogs that have been adopted from GSD Rescue on our Recent Adoptions page!

Thinking about adopting a dog and keeping it outside 24 hours a day? Think again!

"A breeder who has no interest in rescue of what he has produced is of no value to anyone, and of even less value to his breed."
-- Dr. Malcolm Willis, Author, Genetic History of the German Shepherd Dog

People often ask me for recommendations as to local breeders that they can contact to get a puppy. Given that the MAJORITY* of the local breeders, both those who hold themselves up to be reputable breeders *and* backyard breeders alike, are unwilling to take back the animals that they breed, I should think it would be obvious why I am unable to recommend many breeders. So please, don't ask me for a breeder recommendation. Adopt a rescue dog instead!

*Note, this does not mean there are not reputable breeders in Utah, just that I don't usually have the pleasure of running across them in the course of my work with the breed.

How you can help GSD Rescue of Utah

Foster homes are ALWAYS needed, if you can volunteer to house a dog for a few months, we can save a life together!

Donations are always welcome and can be sent to the address listed below. Along with cash to help vet and neuter animals, donations of old towels and blankets, tennis balls, food, collars, sleeping bags, and other items are always appreciated. If you can help with publicity or fundraising, please let us know. If you live close enough to us to help out, please consider coming up to walk the dogs!

Adoption Application You can now print out the GSD Rescue of Utah Adoption Application and return it to the address listed below. (Here is the same form in a much nicer pdf format for adobe acrobat reader, or in rtf form or in MS Word 2000 format.) Feel free to simply email the application to Nancy at adoptions@germanshepherdrescue.org. A signature on the application is not required as one will be obtained on the adoption contract if a dog is adopted.

In addition to the above adoption application, if you do adopt a dog from GSD Rescue of Utah, you will be asked to sign this Adoption AGREEMENT Form. (Here are the PDF version, MS Word 2000, and rtf version of the same form.)

Contact Information

German Shepherd Rescue of Utah serves the intermountain west and is located in Logan, Utah, north of Salt Lake City, only 25 miles from the Utah/Idaho border. GSD Rescue of Utah is run by Nancy Roberts, utgsdrescue@gmail.com, who can be reached at (435) 764-7377. (Email is the preferred method of contact.) Nancy works full time, so it may take a few days to return your call.

Please send any correspondence regarding GSD Rescue of Utah to this address:

GSD Rescue of Utah
c/o Nancy Roberts
USU Box 1295
Logan, UT 84322-0199

LINKS

Another list of GSD rescues main page.

Colorado Canine Connection for those of you living in Colorado, Mickie generally has 3 or 4 shepherds featured on her webpage.

GSD Rescue is a member of the Cache Animal Rescue Association.
You can visit the web pages of other members of CARA by clicking on the following links:
Companion Golden Retriever Rescue
Four Paws Adoptions dog and cat adoptions.

GSD Rescue is participating in the No More Homeless Pets in Utah campaign.
Visit their site http://www.utahpets.org/ today! NMHPU offers a $20 savings certificate for spay/neuter of your dog or cat, and a mobile spay/neuter clinic for communities without veterinarian support.

I am also a guide dog puppy raiser. Here are links to benefit my GDB puppy raising club!

Visit the SitStay GoOut Store to buy your Macho Stix for your dog, and help our Puppy Raising club at the same time. We will receive a percentage of the profits from your purchase. The puppies of Cache County thank you!

In association with the SitStay GoOut Store

A link directly to the edibles page at SitStay GoOut Store, to find those yummy Macho Stix! Your dogs will love them!

German Shepherd Rescue Links

Denise maintains a list of White GSDs that are in need of homes, from all over the USA.

Check out the information at the New Jersey GSD Rescue web site. Includes lots of great info and links to AGSRA and other rescue sites.

State by State listing of GSD Rescue groups from Austin GSD Rescue.

Read Tahoe's story. Tahoe died suddenly on April 30th, 2002. Rest in peace, sweet boy.

This webpage created and maintained by Nancy Roberts
Last updated on: 4/2/2007
Check out the beautiful Golden Retrievers available for adoption through Companion Golden Retriever Rescue.